Wall-bed.



c. M. HENDERSON.

WALL BED.

APPLICATION FILED NGVL 17. I915.

Patented Apr. 23, 19 18;

WITNESSES:

ZENE M. HENDERSON, F BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 23, 191%..

application filed November 17, 1915.v Serial No. 61,913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE M. HENDER- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wall-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wall and folding beds, and is especially designed for that class n of beds which is reversible upon a pivot connection, when in an upturned or folded position, so that when lowered to a horizontal position the legs may rest upon the floor.

The invention consistsof castingsattached to the floor, and others upon which the bed and door are mounted and turnable, said castings being so grooved as to interlock-and hold the bed in position when it is ready to be lowered for .use.

It also includes top and bottom turnable supports upon'which the'two are carr ed and turnable, and details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in

which Figure 1 is a front View of the head frame attached to the door.

Fig. 2 is a seotionthrough 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the top so pivot plate.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of. the top pivot socket.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lower pivot socket.

35 Fig. 6 is a floor plate.

Fig. 7 is a transverse section showing the detent engagement.

The bed comprises the head portion A to and the side rails A which are pivoted to the head as shown at 1 so as to be raised into the vertical position shown, or extended for use by turning down at right angles with the head (not shown). The to top rail of the head A is secured to the vertical post 2 by a clamp 2 and the bottom rail is supported upon the socket plate 4: (which supports the lower end of the post 2), by suitable clamps 2", and the bed so is turnable with the post and socket plate.

perspective view of the pivot The plated carries the socket 3 in which.

the lower end of the post may be supported, and the upper end of the post'is also supported in a socket 11 which is secured .55 to the top of the door B at 12. The door .ing

is supported upon a flange 4. projecting from the plate 4 atthe side opposite to the socket 3, and may be secured by screws through holes 5 in the plate 4. The turning of the bed and door to conceal the bed in a closet and at the same time close the door, is effected by means of pivots which are eccentric .to the line of the post and its sockets, as follows:

Below the plate 4 is an extension pivot 6, which is in alinenient with the top pivot plate to be hereinafter described, and is adapted to enter a socket 7 in the floor plate 8. This floor plate is properlysecured in position and it has past upon it upwardly extending ribs 9. Upon the contiguous bottom 4? are. formed corresponding lugs 10,

so placed that when brought into aliiiement with the lugs 9 they will settlebover said lugs and form a-,detent, as, plainly shown in Fig. 7. It will be understood that either" of these sets ofv lugs may form a groove The upper end of the shaft 2 is supportif I ed in a socket casting l1,'which is fixed to l the door by flanges 12 and screws passing through them, and this socket is in alias-9L1,

ment with the socket 3 at the lower end;

the door being practically supported out of the line of these sockets. The socket 11 has formed at the upper end and project y 7 therefrom a lug. l3, and this lug is 95.1- adaptcd to. lit and engage. with a pin 14 formed on the pivot plate 15 which is so cured to the top of the door casing. The pivot l-l is in alincment with the pivot 6 d of the bottom plate substantially in aline- 1,00,, uient withthe door, while the supporting plates of the bed are mounted to turn about in unison with the shaft 2. T he door-way is adapted to double doors, one of which B forms the panel turnable with the bed, and the'othcr C may be hinged and opened so as to provide space for the bed to turn into and out ofthe closet.

By this arrangement I provide turning means for the support of the bed and a pivot by turning about its vertical pivots, turns the bed into the closet and simultaneously closes that part of the door which is movable with the bed.

An important feature of my invention lies in the independent support of the door and bed s6 that no strain or twisting action 15 will affect the door by reason of unbalanced weight or other action ofthe bed.

Another adiiantagej in having the bed turn horizontally on a pivot with relation to the pivots of the door, is: that it is possible to raise the door and turn the door slightly to disengage the lugs 9 and 10 without havin to swing the whole bed.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Let- .ters Patent is- 1. In combination, a lower and an upper late, means for supporting said plates, at ed, a supporting plate for supporting the bed at the lower portion thereof, said lower plate being provided with a socket, a pivot pin, depending from said supporting plate adapted to fit in said socket, a lug, means connecting the upper portion of the bed to said lug, said luggprovided with an aperture, a pin depending, from said upper plate in said aperture, said pin and said socket being in alinement so that the bed may swing on said pins as pivots, and interlocking lugs on said lower plate and said supporting plate for locking the bed in two positions into which the bed may be swung on said pivot pins.

2. In comblnation with a door, sockets secured to the top and bottom of said door, a post mounted in said sockets, a bed mounted on said post, a horizontal extension from one side of, the lower socket upon which the door rests, a pivot pin depending from said extension, a tloor plate having a socket to receive said pivot pm, an upper plate,

. fixed above the door, a pivot pm depending from said plate, a lug offset from said upper socket-provided with an aperture to receive vsaid pivot pin, said upper and lower pins being in alinement to allow 'the door and bed to turn thereon, interlock ng lugs on said floor plate and said extension adapted .to lock the, door in; open and closed posi- 3. The combination witha door of sockets having its headfixed to said post, lugs with pivots ofiset from the sockets, journals fixed above and below, and in line with said adapted to swing into the closet when the' closet door is swung closed.

5. In combination, a door and a bed, means for supporting the door and the bed independently of each other, pivot means in the plane of the door about which said dual supporting means, door and bed, are turn- .able, and interengaging means for retaining said supporting means, door and bed against turning movement when swung into opposite positions, said interengaging means being adapted to be disengaged upon lifting the door.

6. In a wall bed, the combination of a reversible panel, a closet with a doorway in which the panel is turnable, brackets to which the top and bottom of the panel are centrallyfixed, and having pivot pins in the plane of the pane], vertical sockets on the brackets, oiiset from the pivot pins and panel, a post supported in the sockets and a bed, the head of which is fixed to the post, said bed being turnable in unison with the bracket and panel, to be concealed within the closet.

7. In a wall bed, the combination of a :reversible door panel, a closet with a doorway in which the panel is turnable, upper and lower brackets to which the top and bottom of the panel are centrally fixed, the lower bracket having a flange on which the 1panel is supported, vertical sockets upon the rackets out of line with the panel, a post supported in the sockets, a bed, the head of which is fixed to the post and turn-able in unison with the brackets and panel, pivots on the brackets in line with the panel and eccentric to the post and its sockets to transfer the bed into or out of the closet, a floor plate with raised lugs in line with the pivot about which the panel is turnable, and corresponding lugs and grooves upon the panel supporting flange engageable when the bed is faced either inwardly or outwardly to retainit in position.

8. The combination with a wall bed and a closet, of a door panel centrally pivoted and turnable with either face toward the closet, brackets upon the upper and lower ends of the door panel and pivots carried thereby, the lower bracket having a flange on which the panel is supported, vertical sockets on the brackets eccentric to the door and pivots,

a post having its ends fixed in the sockets,

pfst parallel vs (it? the -(%001' partial},I a floor .wltnesses. Y p ate wit raise ugs in ine Wit t e pivots and parallel with the door opening, and cor- CLARENCE HENDERSON i responding lugs and grooves upon the panel Witnesses: supporting flange. H. O. MACAULAY,

In testimony whereof I have hereurito set Loms PALTANGHI. J

a bed, the head of which is secured; to the my hand in the presence of two subscrib" 1W1: 

